Elizabeth Andarge

Government & Politics

Governor DeSantis signs Florida bill allowing terrorist group designations

Elizabeth Andarge

Ron DeSantis signed a bill during a ceremony at the University of South Florida campus in Tampa on April 6, 2026.

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Human Interest

Several Fort Myers nonprofits present bicycles to area children with disabilities

Elizabeth Andarge, Andrea Melendez

Robbie’s Riders, Grampy’s Charities and Sanibel Captiva Community Bank presented adaptive bicycles and tricycles to Southwest Florida children with special needs and their families.

The African Children's Choir took the stage at Naples Seventh Day Adventist Church on March 27, for rehearsal before performing in traditional costumes alongside rows of drums. The concert runs on donations only, with every dollar going back to education in Uganda.

Culture and Connections

African Children’s Choir in Naples as part of U.S. tour; performances support program

Elizabeth Andarge, Andrea Melendez

In Naples, young Ugandan performers take the stage and share stirring songs and tales that allude to a far greater journey away from the spotlight.

Chris Alonso's mother Kena had a disease that slowly took everything from her. Her muscles. Her voice. Her thirty years of working the land beside her son, who is a landscape architect. She asked them to put her in the ground. Chris and his wife Lauren Robie created Hope Eternal Gardens in Punta Gorda. A natural burial option where the land can then be kept as a memorial plot for flowers and trees to grow. What people decide about their end of life arrangements can say *everything* about how they lived. We met with three families who chose a *different* kind of goodbye. One by land, one by water and another just under the skin.

Human Interest

Alternative burial options found across Florida -- from skin deep to below the waves

Elizabeth Andarge, Andrea Melendez

For many, what happens after death is rarely discussed. For others, it becomes an ongoing and meaningful conversation. WGCU met with three families who embraced a different kind of farewell.

People dressed as characters from author Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaiden's Tale," were among the thousands who came to U.S. 41 and Daniels parkway in Fort Myers Saturday for the third No Kinmgs protest rally. Similar events were held in various Southwest Florida sites, other parts of the state and across the United States and the world.

Human Interest

Thousands across Southwest Florida voice opposition to current Washington administration in third No Kings protest

Michael Braun, Dayna Harpster, Cary Barbor, Eileen Kelley, Tom Bayles, Elizabeth Andarge, Kate Cronin, Pam James, Amanda Whittamore, Andrea Melendez, Marc Garber, Mike Walcher, Youn-Joo Park, Tom James

It was a show of protest, frustration, disaffection and concern and it was shared by thousands Saturday in various Southwest Florida sites, other parts of the state and across the United States and the world. The No Kings III event was billed as a protest rally and drew people of many different political affiliations who said they had concerns with how the current administration in Washington run by President Donald Trump was handling things.